By INU StaffINU - The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) have reported that on 27th September thousands of retired staff from the Education Ministry took to the streets to protest low wages, salaries and benefits and their miserable living conditions. Rallies took place in Tehran and other cities including Kermanshah, Isfahan, Zanjan, Kerman, Shiraz, Tabriz, Aligoodarz, Mashhad, Rasht, Abhar, Ilam, Yazd, Gorgan, Hamedan, Behbahan, Birjand, Bojnourd, Sanandaj and Nahavand.

By INU StaffINU - On Friday, Agence-France Presse reported that the International Atomic Energy agency had issued a report on the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and had declared Iran to be in compliance with its obligations under the deal. If IAEA inspectors are to be believed, the Islamic Republic has undertaken no new construction at the Arak heavy water plant, which was previously capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, and has not enriched uranium beyond the threshold set by the seven-nation agreement.

By INU StaffINU - On Tuesday, Fox News reported that the White House had refused to make Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes available to a House Oversight Committee hearing that took place that same day. Rhodes and the rest of the Obama administration came under fire this month after the New York Times Magazine published a profile of him in which he was quoted as boasting about how he had exploited a naïve media to shape the narrative that helped to sell the Iran nuclear deal.

By INU StaffINU - In April, the Obama White House announced that the Department of Energy would be spending 8.6 million dollars to buy 32 tons of heavy water from Iran. The substance, a byproduct of nuclear reactions, has research and medical applications but can also be used in the production of enriched plutonium. Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran is required to maintain only very low stockpiles of heavy water and low-enriched uranium, but it has apparently struggled to find a buyer for the heavy water, thereby leading to the US Energy Department stepping in.

By INU StaffINU - On Friday, a number of news outlets ran commentaries upon a profile of Obama administration foreign policy advisor Ben Rhodes, which had been prepared for Sunday’s New York Times magazine. The commentaries generally expressed outrage at what they perceive as deliberate deception by the White House in delivering its narrative on the Iran nuclear negotiations that concluded last July.